Regardless of whether there were weapons or not, whether they had received training or not, ten days later, Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu issued a combat order to the whole army. The whole army consists of 500,000 troops, which will be distributed in the steppe in the east and gallop wildly for seven or eight days, and will establish a military defense base to curb the cavalry tactics of the Qiang cavalry through large-scale nets.

In this way, a large number of "soldiers" of the Great Shang Dynasty, who were still holding sticks and stones in their hands and wearing all kinds of clothes, were distributed in a big fan shape on the prairie within a radius of hundreds of miles.

After crossing the border of the Shang State and walking less than fifty miles, he entered the prairie that the Qiang people had been herding for generations. Dense and tender grass is everywhere here, and the war horses of the army neighed excitedly in this endless grassland, and as long as they lowered their heads, they could nibble on the delicious grass, and as long as they spread their hooves, they could run wildly.

Several meandering rivers flow quietly on the green grassland, like a transparent jade belt, adding a bit of lively color to the entire grassland. Those Qiang nomadic tribes are chasing these water sources, grazing on the prairie for generations, living in the bitter cold and living a life of watching God's face.

Many soldiers have lived in the mountains all their lives, and they still have a bit of freshness when they first enter the grassland. But in less than two hours, they tasted the prairie, the most rugged and primitive way of hospitality.

It was clear that it was cloudless just now, but suddenly a purple electric snake flashed in the sky, and the sky and the earth instantly turned white.

The veteran who had lived on the prairie opened his throat and shouted: "It's going to rain, everyone immediately find a way to take shelter from the rain!" ”

The recruits raised their heads suspiciously, only a few breaths of effort, thick dark clouds were over their heads, and before they could react, heavy rain poured down, mixed with hail the size of soybeans, and the range of sight narrowed to less than ten steps in an instant. The soldiers were screaming at the hail, some with rough wooden shields in their hands, holding them above their heads, others carrying wooden shields doing the same, and some soldiers going straight under the grain trucks. For a time, the whole team of 10,000 people was in an uproar, and despite the roaring and scolding of those officers, this group of recruits who had not undergone any training found a place to hide from the hail, and refused to get out.

This heavy rain came and went quickly. In less than half an hour, the dark clouds that had just been pressing down on the overhead and making people breathless did not know where to hide, and carefully looked at the sun, the master of the earth, and continued to radiate light and heat over the prairie.

On the prairie full of waterholes and mud pits, bursts of water vapor rise, after the heavy rain washing, the sky and the earth are bright, a seven-colored rainbow hangs obliquely upside down overhead, it is a kind of embellishment with a unique meaning. On the whole prairie, the grass baptized by the heavy rain looks green and lovely, and there are a few crystal droplets hanging on it. The droplets slowly slid down the slender blades of grass and fell into puddles on the ground, making a small splash. After absorbing a lot of rainwater, the grass is like a freshly baked cake, covered and soft. As soon as you step on it, the grassland will happily jump up a few blisters, and then let you sink into it for half a foot with one foot, and don't try to pull your feet out without struggling a few times.

The supreme commander of the 10,000-strong brigade to which Midnight belongs is a 10,000-strong commander named Huang Xiang, who is one of the few powerful leaders around Jiang Hengchu who can fight well.

Huang Xiang is forty years old this year, he has experienced 23 years of military career, the years have carved a few marks on his forehead, but also left in his eyes the perseverance and wisdom of a soldier. Huang Xiang is not very tall, and he has been rolling on the battlefield for a long time, sleeping in the open and sleeping in the open, and his body has seriously affected his health. Anyone who saw him couldn't help but worry, afraid that his thin body would not be able to support the heavy bronze armor.

Huang Xiang looked at the land under his feet, which was by no means suitable for walking, and then looked at the group of recruits who were overly frightened, and who were drenched in the torrential rain, and were now trembling in the soup, and then ordered after a long silence: "Find a suitable place, set up camp, and wait for tomorrow when the ground is a little dry before marching." ”

As soon as this order was delivered, the entire barracks resounded with an earth-shattering cheer, and no one wanted to march in such an environment where a single step would consume a lot of physical strength when there was a serious shortage of rations!

Huang Xiang pointed to a hillside and said, "We'll camp there tonight!" ”

Several captains around Huang Xiang nodded again and again, camping on the hillside was indeed the best choice. The terrain was high, and most of the rain poured into the previously dry river, and the soil was not too soft, and the soldiers could sleep well with a little hay. The most important thing is that now that everyone has entered the territory of the Qiang people, they may face a surprise attack by the Qiang cavalry at any time at night. If the Qiang knights really launched an attack on such a hillside, they were afraid that before they could fight the Shang Dynasty army, their mounts would run away and lose their strength, right?

Under the leadership of the veterans, a group of recruits carried the thick wooden stakes used for the village, two soldiers held the wooden stakes, and the soldiers who grew tall and horses picked up the wooden hammer and shouted the trumpet to smash it down, and were smashed into the soil by sharpened wooden stakes three feet, leaving five feet on the ground, hundreds of such wooden stakes were inserted side by side, and the middle waist was tied with a long rope, forming a fence that could resist the sudden attack of the knights.

Coupled with some antlers with sharp spikes, and a few rough digging ditches, the whole camp has a bit of meaning.

Some of the gang leaders had already begun to bury pots in the camp to make food, they first used their own dry wood to start the fire, and when the flame in the stove was large enough, they threw in a large number of grass roots, and when the gang leaders were choked and coughed, wisps of smoke mixed with damp water vapor rolled up. As long as this burns for more than half an hour, the land near these stoves will be dried and warmed, and even if there are not enough tents, it will not be too cold for the soldiers to sleep in these places when the stoves are removed.

In fact, most of the soldiers are now crowded near these pots and stoves to keep warm, don't look at it is September, but they can't eat enough for ** days in a row, and their bodies are wet with heavy rain, and a gust of wind blows on the prairie, and the sound of teeth fighting can be heard all around. These soldiers had clearly obstructed the work of the gang leader, and from time to time the gang leader could be heard cursing and cursing.

Half an hour later, the water boiled in the huge Wadingli, and the rice soup mixed with white flour and minced meat kept tumbling in the Wading, and the air of the entire barracks was filled with the enticing aroma of food. All the soldiers swallowed pitifully, and some of them stammered to dig up some grass roots from the ground and throw them into the stove, hoping that the leader of the gang would add a little more to their bowls when serving the meal.

A group of soldiers ran back to the barracks, each of them holding a handful of wild vegetables that had just been washed in the river, and some of them were carrying hares and other prey, and under the command of the leader of the group, the soldiers threw all the wild vegetables into the tile, and the food in the tat immediately appeared to be a little more.

The leaders of the gang quickly peeled the prey that the soldiers had hunted, cut it down with a few knives, and the pieces of flesh with bloody internal organs were evenly distributed among each tile.

Everyone gathered in a circle, drinking the noodle soup in the bowl in the middle of the night, and drawing a simple topographic map on the ground with a tree branch. "From a strategic point of view, the position of our camp now seems to be invulnerable, attacking and retreating, and if we encounter a sudden attack, even if most of us are untrained recruits, but under the leadership of veterans, we are condescending and waiting for reinforcements, and the possibility of destroying our 10,000-strong team before the arrival of reinforcements is very small." But I don't know why, but I always have a terrible feeling in my heart that a strong enemy is on my side, and that he may strike a fatal blow at us at any time and completely annihilate us. ”

Yang Huai, Ye Yu, and Jiang Shang nodded together, and they read the aura of danger in each other's eyes.

Ye Yu pondered for a long time, stretched out his hand and pointed to a small hill on the map that echoed the camp from afar, and said: "We must be prepared, tonight Boss Jiang and I left the camp to garrison here, once the troops encounter a sudden attack, we may be able to use Boss Jiang's spell to carry out an absolutely unexpected counter-raid on the enemy!" ”

Midnight nodded slowly, and said to the evil one: "Remember, when you sleep at night, you are not allowed to take off your armor, and the weapon must be placed where you can reach it." And even if you're asleep, you'll have to straighten up your ears, which are more sensitive than rabbits, and report to me as soon as you hear something! ”

It was already late at night, and he couldn't sleep at midnight on the ground that was roasted by the stove, listening to the snoring of the other soldiers. Looking at Xiu'er, who pillowed her head in his arms, with a happy and satisfied expression, fell into a deep sleep in his arms, Midnight couldn't help but raise a gentle smile.

Evil came to get up, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Brother Midnight, why did I hear the sound of running water?!" ”

Midnight gently rubbed his messy hair and smiled: "Because there is a river at the foot of the mountain, it has just rained, and of course there is water flowing in that river!" ”

Evil Lai shook his head and said, "No, the sound of the water I heard came from under the ground where we slept. ”

Midnight curiously put his ear to the ground, and after listening for a long time, he heard a sound of objects "rustling", but it was not like the sound of underground water flowing, but like the sound of turning the funnel upside down and the sand particles kept flowing.

Midnight found a bowl, put it upside down on the ground, and continued to listen carefully, and when Midnight finally heard what was flowing below, he jumped up and roared, "I hear the land flowing below our hillside, and the land under our feet is flowing outward like water!! ”

The soldiers who were awakened by the midnight all looked at the midnight with idiot eyes.

Midnight hissed out, "The whole hillside has been emptied, and we are standing on a huge trap!" Evil is coming! Yang Huai, Xiu'er, run!! ”

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